Someone might have a better recollection than I, but I believe that it's been an issue since Bosh was drafted. Prior to that, they were a little undersized but had guys like Oakley, Antonio Davis, Marcus Camby, etc. who weren't afraid to battle it out down low.

However, I'm not sure that it's ever been this bad. Or I could be engaged in hyperbole during a bad stretch for the Raptors. Who knows?

ever since the days of AD, oakley and JYD ended we've had poor interior D, mostly because we've had to rely on a new set of young guys which a lot of them don't understand the meaning of sacrificing the body
those older guys played in the age where it was much more rough and tough
and the league is getting more and more about star power, we have none so we already start at a disadvantage

When we had tougher guys who weren't afraid to deliver a hard foul we actually had very good perimeter defense. But ever since Antonio Davis was traded away we've been soft as a kitten on the interior.

Even when we had Antonio and Charles, there was not a consistently good defense based on communication and help. There was many a game where they didn't stand a chance due to Vince's disinterest and a lack of depth defensively. JYD was not a good defender at all. Alvin and Chris Childs brought some of the best defense that I remember. The playoff run where they beat the Knicks and took Philly to the wire , was probably the best stretch of real defense this team has ever committed to. Outside of that, it's really not been something that could ever be counted on.

KO had a stretch where he had everyone buying into it. I mostly remember him yelling at Vince full blast, to "get the fuck back" whenever he was slow to get up off the floor after an off-balance layup or shot. Vince loved being on the floor, but never got floor burns. But KO did manage to light a flame under his ass to the point where it really made a difference. If he could have played like that earlier, and had there had been good communication, the Vince era could have seen much more success.

Yeah, our interior defense was bad since Bosh. Bosh was seen as a weak side blocker but we never had a good defensive C to anchor our defense since way back in the early times.

Far too many bigs are touted as weak side shot blockers.... That definitely wasn't Bosh's strength. Even that team was soft inside. This team hasn't played physical basketball for a long time... and when guys like Bonner, Joey and Hoffa did lay some wood nobody backed them up...

Far too many bigs are touted as weak side shot blockers.... That definitely wasn't Bosh's strength. Even that team was soft inside. This team hasn't played physical basketball for a long time... and when guys like Bonner, Joey and Hoffa did lay some wood nobody backed them up...

I know what you mean and agree. Our interior has been soft until now. Amir and Davis play gritty and hard down low. We really need a true and big C.